Copenhagen
World leaders may drop 2010 climate deadline-draft [Reuters]
“World leaders worked towards a target of halving greenhouse gas emissions on Friday, but a draft text abandoned ambitions for a legally binding climate treaty next year in a sign divisions remain.”

Asia
China Is Disputing Status of Uighurs in Cambodia [NYT]
“The Chinese Foreign Ministry has hinted that it is seeking or will seek the return of 22 Uighurs who fled to Cambodia after the eruption of deadly ethnic riots in July in western China and a subsequent government crackdown.”

Iranian forces take over Iraq oil well [AFP]
“ ‘There has been no violence related to this incident and we trust this will be resolved through peaceful diplomacy between the governments of Iraq and Iran,’ a US military spokesman told AFP at Contingency Operating Base Adder.”

“Leader Kim Jong Il received a personal letter from Barack Obama, president of the United States of America. The letter was conveyed to Kang Sok Ju, first vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, on December 9 by Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative for DPRK policy who visited the DPRK.”